Morning Eye Candy: Can You Put a Glove On a Fox?

Posted in Photography on May 14 2013, by Ann Rafalko

The common names of plants can be very evocative. Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, has always been one of my favorites. I love envisioning a little fox gently trying to find the perfect blossom to fit his paws. What is your favorite plant common name?

Foxgloves being installed in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory as part of Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around the World (photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen)